| Academic Unit: |
Industrial Design |
| Mode of Delivery: |
Face to face |
| Prerequisites: |
None |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Course Unit: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
- - |
| Course Objectives: |
The educational objective of this course is the introduction to making documentary films in various design processes, setting it as a tool for the design studio. |
| Course Contents: |
This is an elective course that is set to create an environment to design and produce documentary films for various design processes. Beginning with the introduction of the cinematic and “documentary” eye, the course moves on to work with film shooting and editing tools on the site and in-class work.
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| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO): |
- 1- Initial experience in shooting and producing a documentary film.
- 2- An introduction to using the documentary film as a tool in various design processes.
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: |
The course is based on lectures, enriched with screenings of documentary films in each lesson and on-site filming practice sessions. These are followed up by studio modules, where participants learn film editing programs and edit their documentaries. Each participant is motivated to produce a short documentary film of about 3-5 min. on their studio design project or another topic of interest. This is a documentary film production oriented elective course. The teaching method is based on presentation of the existing concepts - discussion-development sequence, facilitated by active learning approach of individual production. Taking initiatives and responsibility in the design and development of the documentary film motivates the participant to take part in active learning. |
| Week | Subjects | Related Preperation |
| 1 |
Introducing the course |
Examining the syllabus. |
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Documentary Eye: Forms & Approaches Screening & Analysis Documentary Nr:01 |
Reading the assigned material before the class |
| 3 |
Screening & Analysis Documentary Nr:02 |
Reading the assigned material before the class |
| 4 |
Screening & Analysis Documentary Nr:03 |
Reading the assigned material before the class |
| 5 |
Screening & Analysis Documentary Nr:04 |
Reading the assigned material before the class |
| 6 |
Screening & Analysis Documentary Nr:05 |
Reading the assigned material before the class |
| 7 |
Screening & Analysis Documentary Nr:06 |
Reading the assigned material before the class |
| 8 |
Mid-Term Exam & Announcement of the Topic for the Final Students’ Documentaries |
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| 9 |
Introduction to Filming Practices Introduction to the Theory of Editing & to Film Editing Programs |
Preparing the Filming & Editing Equipment for the Class Finding a Topic for the Final Documentary |
| 10 |
Post-Production Screening & Analysis Documentary Nr:07 |
Preparing first drafts for the Final Documentaries |
| 11 |
Post-Production Screening & Analysis Documentary Nr:08 |
Preparing drafts for the Final Documentaries |
| 12 |
Post-Production |
Preparing drafts for the Final Documentaries & Planning the Final Screening (Location, Posters…etc) |
| 13 |
Post-Production |
Preparing last drafts for the Final Documentaries |
| 14 |
Final Screenings of Students’ Documentaries |
Preparing the Final Documentary |
At Kadir Has University, a Semester is 14 weeks; The weeks 15 and 16 are reserved for final exams.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)
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Contribution: 1 Low, 2 Average, 3 High
